How to Manage the Change Control Process

When people want to change the scope, specification, or functionality of your project, what do you do? Do you roll over and say yes to everything, or do you assert yourself firmly by saying no to every request? Of course not. You need to make a rational decision each time. And the way we do that, in a way that is rigorous, accountable, and transparent is with the Change Control process. So, how does it work?
Step 1: A Request for Change
Step 2: Change Control Rapid Assessment
Step 3: Change Request Evaluation
Step 4: Formal Review
Step 5: Change Implementation
Step 6: Track and Learn from Project Changes
Notre: most formal documentation, like the APM Body of Knowledge, the PMI’s PMBOK Guide, and the PRINCE2 manual stop at my step 4. They don’t consider anything after the decision as a part of the change control process. I disagree. There is no control if we fail to implement and review our work after implementation.
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⏱ Chapter Markers...
00:00 - How does the Change Control process work?
00:46 - Project Change Control is a process
01:16 - Approach to the Change Control process in formal methods like PRINCE2 and the PMBOK Guide
02:04 - Step 1: Request for Change
03:47 - Step 2: Rapid Assessment
05:44 - Step 3: Change Request Evaluation
06:51 - Step 4: Formal Review
08:28 - Step 5: Change Implementation
08:51 - Step 6: Track and Learn from Project Changes
09:19 - Change Log
10:03 - Summing up
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Once you have locked down your design, in a planned project, what happens if you need to change it. Well, it would be foolish to just say yes to every new idea. And equally foolish to just say no. So, Change Control is a process designed to give the right answer, through a structured process, to each new request for change.

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